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10 Best Movies Like Shooting an Elephant

If you loved Shooting an Elephant, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
White Hunter, Black Heart

White Hunter, Black Heart

1990★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shooting an Elephant for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Renowned filmmaker John Wilson travels to Africa to direct a new movie, but constantly leaves to hunt elephants and other game, to the dismay of his cast and crew. He eventually be...

#2
Objective, Burma!

Objective, Burma!

1945★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shooting an Elephant for fans of War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station. They accomplish this well enough, but when they...

#3
Hard Target 2

Hard Target 2

2016★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shooting an Elephant for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Forced into a deadly cat-and-mouse game, a disgraced mixed martial arts fighter is hunted through the jungles of Southeast Asia....

#4
The Lady

The Lady

2011★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shooting an Elephant for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of Aung San Suu Kyi as she becomes the core of Burma's democracy movement, and her relationship with her husband, writer Michael Aris....

#5
Horton Hears a Who!

Horton Hears a Who!

2008★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shooting an Elephant for fans of Animation. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An imaginative elephant named Horton hears a faint cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Horton suspects there may be life on that speck and despi...

#6
Dumbo

Dumbo

2019★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shooting an Elephant for fans of Family. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets benea...

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